One of the world’s largest democratic exercise, The Indian general election ( 2019 ) has come to a close.

Updated Jun 05,2019, 01:54 PM IST

Everything you need to know about ‘How India’s politics
has changed over the last five years’

2014 : The Bharatiya Janta Party won the parliamentary
majority for the first time, under the cunning leader ‘Narendra Modi’. The
BJP-led Democratic Alliance formed the government. BJP was able to garner the
majority of the votes with the help of The media. Narendra Modi’s speeches
ignited sparks in the minds of the Indian population.

2015 : India and Bangladesh swapped more than 160 enclaves.
Things were going pretty good for India. India invited the United States
president Barack Obama to be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade, That
was the first time a US president was invited for the event.

2016 :Government
announced demonetisation of 500₹ and 1000₹ notes, leaving the country in a wide
spread panic like situation. 105 people died in 45 days of demonetisation.
People started to lash back at the decision but never completely opposed it.

On the other hand, The Indian national Congress party led by
Rahul Gandhi, (The grandson of Indira Gandhi) was struggling to attain the
trust of the eligible voters. The spokesperson of the party was titled as
“Pappu” by the bjp supporters.

2018: The campaign for 2019 general elections started.
Narendra Modi as the prime minister and Amit shah as the campaign chief, worked
hard and in a very smart way to gain the trust and belief of the Indian
population. Many began to raise their voices against the BJP, and tried to call
out on their bluff but not much was achieved.

The Modi government had failed to keep most of its promises,
and its only option for attracting votes wasHindutva as a political tool. By fielding “Sadhvi” Pragya Singh Thakur,
who is out on bail, The Modi and shah government had shown the world that the
BJP has made the elections about Hindutva and not development.

Raj Thackeray said “If they come to power again, Indian
democracy will be in danger and you all will be made slaves.”

2019: Even after countless attempts by multiple political
candidates of different parties to bring the Modi-Shah wave down, BJP won the
parliamentary majority once again. BJP told the opposition to “Accept defeat
with grace”

Bottom note: Overall results from various surveys suggest
that neither state parties nor regional parties may have been able to stop The
BJP from getting a second Chance.